entrerix Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 ps to my last post: i'll still buy dark souls 2 if/when they make it. i just hope they include an "i give up" difficulty that unlocks after 100 deaths. Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.
Malcador Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 Got Arcanum and TA off GOG, so will be doing that. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Orchomene Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 I've just finished the campaign of Disciples 3 Resurrection. Fun with a not so predictable ending. I still think that it's too expensive for such an expansion. Now, I'm ready for homm 6.
Majek Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 ok, 73 hours played and im officially rage quitting dark souls. great game, too hard. it didn't become too hard until about 75% of the way through the game, now i have 4 bosses left, and cannot beat any of the 3 i have access to. i probably could after trying a few more times on each of them, but i just can't bring myself to do it. this game, like vagrant story, will go into my "great game but too hard and i never finished it" pile. currently that pile just has demons souls, vagrant story, and persona 2 in it (and about 80% of my genesis, snes, and nes collection). You've beaten Ornstein and Smough and you have trouble with the last bosses? o.O AND YOU HAVENT FINISHED DEMON'S SOULS? Why? 1.13 killed off Ja2.
CoM_Solaufein Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 Just finished Old World Blues. Too many boring Fed Ex quests. Now onto Lonesome Road. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is StrengthBaldur's Gate moddingTeamBGBaldur's Gate modder/community leaderBaldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition beta testerBaldur's Gate 2 - Enhanced Edition beta tester Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition beta tester
WDeranged Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) I just finished Point Lookout, apart from a few railroading moments I think it's some of Bethesda's best design and writing, I've just got to stomach Mothershi* Zeta (ahh it's not that bad) and go visit a few places in the Wasteland then I'm done, I can put Fallout 3 to bed forever Edited October 17, 2011 by WDeranged
mkreku Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 The only necessary ability to succeed at Dark Souls is commitment to grind. This. Exactly the feeling I got, and I only played for maybe one hour (and I haven't felt the need to pick up the controller again). I know I can probably get past everything the game throws at me (through grinding), but.. it's not fun. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Morgoth Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Grinding is not good. Never had to do that in Demon's, or at least not that much. Rain makes everything better.
trulez Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Finished 3rd playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas. I own couple DLCs but did not bother to play them, the main story was enough. This time I found the 50 star caps without cheating, and I finished the game by being NCR pawn. My Icewind Dale 2 re-run has been put on hold due to lack of interest. It was fun for a while but damn that game gets repetetive fast. Now playing The Sims 3 again. Made my avatar a vampire and then ghosted him, now I'm enjoying my brand new ghost-vampire-evil mastermind (shame though he lost the vampires fast movement).
Lexx Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) In order to get my savegame ready for Mass Effect 3 - and also because I have a new 24" TFT - I am replaying Mass Effect 2 again right now. Also this time with all the DLCs and stuff. I still think it's not a bad game, but now that I am replaying it, I see not a single bit of RPG in it anymore. Seriously. Some combat stats and a bit dialogue doesn't transform a game into an rpg. I personally don't expect anything else, though, so I am totally fine with it. I just can't understand how this is called an rpg, while it is much more a third person shooter with some non-shooter parts here and there to balance out the games pacing. Edited October 17, 2011 by Lexx "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Gorth Posted October 17, 2011 Author Posted October 17, 2011 I just finished Point Lookout, apart from a few railroading moments I think it's some of Bethesda's best design and writing, I've just got to stomach Mothershi* Zeta (ahh it's not that bad) and go visit a few places in the Wasteland then I'm done, I can put Fallout 3 to bed forever I actually kind of liked Zeta, campy 50's sci-fi in a Burtons 'Mars Attacks!' kind of way. Heck, I loved Point Lookout (minus the &^%$# Ghoul Reavers) and The Pitt. Only when I ran into Little Lamplight did I put down the game in disgust. Maybe someday in a distant future I might return and put a bullet in President Edens head. “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Walsingham Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 I came to terms with Fallout 3 when I realised it was a fantasy game draped in a thin layer of guns and radiation. Case in point: Reilly's Rangers. It's properly weakass, but it can be enjoyed if you don't want anything worthwhile. Like twinkies. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
WDeranged Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) Yeah I think that's the thing with most of the crappier/weirder elements in Fallout 3, a lot of it would slot right into an Elder Scrolls scenario because of magic or wizards or demons or something, I still think Fallout 3 is Bethesda's best game though. Edited October 17, 2011 by WDeranged
Malcador Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Well Arcanum is pretty fun so far, and no crashes, so must be lucky. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Raithe Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 A little bit of Universe Sandbox. There's something strangely soothing about setting up galaxies to orbit and crash into each other and watching it unfold over time.... "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Syraxis Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Deus Ex: HR. It's Deus Ex minus the crappy shooting mechanics. Now this is how good an RPG/FPS hybrid can work!
Walsingham Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Well Arcanum is pretty fun so far, and no crashes, so must be lucky. WARNING! DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! Be very very careful about how you build your character. Check guides. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Malcador Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Am trying to make some roguish pistol wielder. Naturally I will fail and end up scraping by to complete the game, which will end in me ragequitting but lying about completing it to get RPG-cred. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
ShadySands Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Just bought Heroes 6 Deluxe. Hope it's good. Free games updated 3/4/21
C2B Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) So, I decided to play through the entire Kingdom Hearts Series (bought (nearly) all the games during the years, but never really played them) I have to say: Other games/movies/books/whatever make the "IT'S PEOPLE" reveal a somewhat emotional big point in the story. Kingdom Hearts comes right out with it, then spends the end of the first and all subsequent games with humanizing them while all charachters (for the most part) seem to be pretty cool with beeing mass murderers. What I want to say is: KH's pretty ****ed up. (At least the Disney Stuff is usually well done) Edited October 17, 2011 by C2B
entrerix Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 The only necessary ability to succeed at Dark Souls is commitment to grind. This. Exactly the feeling I got, and I only played for maybe one hour (and I haven't felt the need to pick up the controller again). I know I can probably get past everything the game throws at me (through grinding), but.. it's not fun. after 73 hours i can assuredly say that grinding is almost completely useless in dark souls once your past the 50% mark of the game, so if that was a concern for you, then it can safely be put to rest. however, that also means that the game is obscenely challenging once you get past the 50% mark, since at that point it pretty much comes down purely to skill. Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.
WDeranged Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 I've watched a few let's play videos and been amused but I know deep down that I'd probably never complete Dark Souls, one to leave till I can get a cheap copy I think.
greylord Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 So, I decided to play through the entire Kingdom Hearts Series (bought (nearly) all the games during the years, but never really played them) I have to say: Other games/movies/books/whatever make the "IT'S PEOPLE" reveal a somewhat emotional big point in the story. Kingdom Hearts comes right out with it, then spends the end of the first and all subsequent games with humanizing them while all charachters (for the most part) seem to be pretty cool with beeing mass murderers. What I want to say is: KH's pretty ****ed up. (At least the Disney Stuff is usually well done) I got tired of Kingdom Hearts on the first one out. It seemed so much on railroads that if I didn't visit places in the exact order that was expected, cut scenes did not occur. That sort of lost me...as I'd go to a shop, didn't matter how much time passed, until I went to the exact right place, things would happen. Frustrating if you don't use a walkthrough, and most times I don't...which means I gave up on the KH series.
entrerix Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 i liked the first kingdom hearts a lot, but when i tried to play the second one i couldn't make it past the first couple hours, it was just really tedious. Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.
C2B Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) So, I decided to play through the entire Kingdom Hearts Series (bought (nearly) all the games during the years, but never really played them) I have to say: Other games/movies/books/whatever make the "IT'S PEOPLE" reveal a somewhat emotional big point in the story. Kingdom Hearts comes right out with it, then spends the end of the first and all subsequent games with humanizing them while all charachters (for the most part) seem to be pretty cool with beeing mass murderers. What I want to say is: KH's pretty ****ed up. (At least the Disney Stuff is usually well done) I got tired of Kingdom Hearts on the first one out. It seemed so much on railroads that if I didn't visit places in the exact order that was expected, cut scenes did not occur. That sort of lost me...as I'd go to a shop, didn't matter how much time passed, until I went to the exact right place, things would happen. Frustrating if you don't use a walkthrough, and most times I don't...which means I gave up on the KH series. Theres only like 1-2 moments like this in KH1 I can recall. And only for Traverse Town. Edited October 17, 2011 by C2B
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